Hi

Am thinking of switching my boy from i can read to lcentral.

Since he started on the I Can Read program first quarter of this year, after attending close to a year of its preliminary classes; my boy has been acting up severely each time his class starts for the past month or so, he has phobia of going to the ICR class and would freak out and vomit at the door step… no matter the amount of assurance and persuasion given…sigh, he whined that he finds it too boring or that he is afraid of the spelling ( although he does prepares for it reluctantly at home, he prefers to use memory than the phonemic skills being taught…sigh). Throughout the time, i have been really patient with him and controlling myself not to explode at him. He only settles down when his teacher comes out to "usher" him in with kind words and reassurances.

I feel that my boy is not able to accept well learning via conventional methods ( aka boring) as his kindergarten is those play concept ones and they do not have any spelling even at k2 and minimum writing but alot of fun and learning through games. This ICR reading prog does short passage reading and has weekly spelling (tho only a handful of words) during the class.

Is Lcentral more "fun" or as dry? I am afraid that my boy has develop a phobia for spelling and reading even before he starts primary one ?!??!! Any one can suggest what can be done to help my boy. thanks in advance!!

My girl couldn’t read a single word even after a year of phonics class with another establishment. I’m not kidding. Even those sight words, she was also struggling.
So we started her with Lcentral this year, and to our surprise, she can now read fairly well. Big words no longer scare her, she was able to decode the word. I quite like their structured program and each week, my girl has to read 2 passages (pretty long) and also do some comprehension. Lcentral helped my girl tremendously, and I believe her teacher also gave her a lot of encouragement. She is pretty motivated now.
Now when we bring her to the library, I would pick out books and get her to read to me. I’m thankful that she is not so resistant now towards reading.
Ur boy is in K2 now?

really?

They used MT? Goodness…
DS’s MT is ‘ahem’ excellent

usa-sing-1:

Just curious -- with regard to streaming for P3...does anyone know what grade average in P2 is needed for the \"3E\" class? What was last year's approximate cutoff point? It is also my understanding that English and Maths carry the most weight; Mother Tongue is only considered when there is a \"tie\" between more than one student at the cutoff point. The 3E and 3B classes are somewhat larger than the usual 30 as in P1/P2?

hi usa-sing1,
as far as i know, they are basing on English and Maths results to do the streaming.Not sure if Mother tongue comes into the picture.
3E and 3B class are best classes?

Jasmotherofval:

Not sure about amk, but yew tee got one. PM me if interested. Cheers :rahrah:

can i hv more details abt the a&c centre at yew tee?

bingjun.g:

mum2ck:

[quote=\"bingjun.g\"]Hi, Dear mommies,

I plan to send my daughter (next year p2) to LCentral Jurong east. Can any kind mommy give any opinion on the centre? Thank You. :?:

HI bingjun
did u manage to get any reviews on Jurong east branch?

I tried to look thru all the pages here found lots of good comments about LC. Will take my daughter for the assessment tomorrow, see how[/quote]Im also bringing my kids down for assessment tmr.
Hoping to find a good place for my ger

bingjun.g:

Hi, Dear mommies,

I plan to send my daughter (next year p2) to LCentral Jurong east. Can any kind mommy give any opinion on the centre? Thank You. :?:

HI bingjun
did u manage to get any reviews on Jurong east branch?

karinchung,

yes, can u pls share which centre ur DD is attending.

ah yun,

my niece will also be in P1F next year

Old Arbat:

Mpm is good for preschooler as it gets them to be interested in maths. But do avoid the one is Clementi. The problem is that they are all franchise and some are not so professiionally run. The teachers marked incorrectly quite often.

what is wrong with the clementi branch?
Can u pls share?

hi ladies,

can share your initinearies?
we are visiting korea end Nov.